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Problem with Installer Language Code

Submitted by Patrick Patience on November 4, 2007 - 2:17pm

While using the installer code from Toucan for one of my latest apps in beta, BonkEnc Portable I'm trying to change the way the installer writes the language of the actual application to it's settings depending on the language chosen from the installer, I'm having trouble, and would appreciate some help.

This is the code from Toucan I'm changing

;=== Set Language
StrCmp $LANGUAGE "1031" 0 +3 ;German
WriteINIStr $INSTDIR\Data\Settings.ini "General" "Language" "wxLANGUAGE_GERMAN"
Goto RefreshPortableAppsMenu
StrCmp $LANGUAGE "1036" 0 +3 ;French

Check is Firefox portable is installed

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Submitted by LOGAN-Portable on November 1, 2007 - 3:26pm

I'm fiddling with a launcher and am curious how to check for a specific application installed.

In my case I want to check for Firefox Portable (and other compatible browsers) installed and use it to open a html file, otherwise default to the default browser.

Does PA use some ini file I could query the locations of installed apps?

I'm looking a way to use the PA preferred application to open the file and might take in account any changed foldernames or multiple versions installed.

"...upcoming Wireshark Portable..."?

Submitted by galunt on October 31, 2007 - 12:46pm

John,

Just wanted to touch base and see where you are with the Wireshark Portable that you alluded to in another post.

I contributed the U3 packaging for Wireshark and have recently been working on a Portable Apps version - before seeing your comment. (Is there somewhere else I could find out what was in progress?)

My version is very simple - just packaging, no code changes required to WS itself. It takes the same simple/dumb approach for WinPcap as the U3 version - just runs the installer if it can't detect WinPcap is already installed, and removes it when it's done.

Toucan - Continuous Synchronisation feature?

Submitted by John Easton on October 30, 2007 - 5:31am

In addition to a portable HDD with Toucan I use a PDA running Windows CE which comes with an application called ActiveSync that synchronises the PDA and a PC continuously as changes are made to files on either device.

Is there any chance that a feature of this sort could / will be added to Toucan?

John

File verification tool

Submitted by dyster_ on October 26, 2007 - 9:57am

I have noticed that the only file verification prog in PA is the md5check, and so I thought I might try to add my own program DySFV wich is a bit more graphical, and checks sfv files (but not md5 yet).
As far as portability goes, it is portable as it is, there are no settings, and the database for remembering hashed files is always located in the same dir.

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